Account-keeper.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

G. T. PINE. AGGOUNT KEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 30, 1997.

1x 4 in eases n mm aiwnm d of slip-holding clamps 9 may be AENT GEORGE T. PINE, OF SCOTT DEPOT, WEST VIRGINIA.

ACCOWT-KEEPER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen 'l. P NE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Scott Depot, county of Putnam, State of West Virginia, have invented oer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Account-Kee ers, of which the following is a full and c ear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, .in Which i I Figure l is a perspective view of-lny book like account-holder; and Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional view of one of the frame-like leaves.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby ordinary store accounts may be kept ithout employing the usual account ooks thereby resulting in great saving of expense in the matter of books and also the saving in labor, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

The invention has reference especially to that class of easy by my former patent No. 342,421, dated January 29, 1907, in which a series of leaflike frames are hinged together in the nmnncr' of a book, each frame having its opposite faces divided. by longitudinal strips to form vertical channels or spaces for the reception of clam s for holding the pads or piles of ac-- count sips. My resent improvements are designed to simplify this book-like structure and to adapt itfor use without a cabinet such as shown in my former patent.

In. the drawing a. designates the cover of the book, in the rear cover, and c the flexible cloth or other back piece to which the series of leafdike frames d are glued or otherwise fastened.

Each leaf consists of a marginal frame, preferably of wood, and a main or body plate of'sheet-mctal 0. whose edges are fitted in grooves around the inner wall of the frame. The longitudinal ribs on the plate 0 are formed by folding the metal on longitudinal lines and closing the folded iarts to form oppositely projecting ribs f which form the longitudina clianne s or ception of the account slips. Any number employed in each channel, each of these clamps being fastened directly to the sheet-metal dia- Specification'of Letters Patent. Application filed November 30, 1907. fierial lie. toasts.

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account keepers covered.

front spaces for the re Patentcd July 14, 19063.

i phragm. Each one of these clam s will be numbered for convenience in in exing, as shown in Fig. l In Fig. 1 the front page of the first frame is shown and this is provided nine account holders, so that with the same number .on the opposite side of this frame the first leaf or frame will provide for eighteen accounts at least. The op osite sides of the frames are preferably provided at the upper right-hand corner with a page number, so that with this page number and the individual account numbers adjacent to each clamp it will be a simple matter to pro vide a ready index. i prefer em )loying the inside face of the front cover for holding iho index, '2ts;sl1ou'n in Fig. 1, this indexcon sisting of suitably ruled paper pasted on the cover. The inner face of the back cover may also he need for .an index if desired.

It will be observed that my improved cabinet is a complete account-lice ing out-- fit and its great advantage is 515th it is readily portable and ma be used on any desk or table that may e convenient and may be put away in the safe for safe-keeping over night. flee peculiar manner of forming the oppositely projecting ribs by folding the metal in opposite directions and. closing the folds gives great strength ant... durability to the. leaves and solidly braces the frames.

Having; thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

In a device of theclass set forth, consisting of a flexible hack, a pair of covers connected thereto, and a series of leaves attached to the flexible bacir, each leaf consisting of a rectangular frame inciosing a metal sheet whose 'edges engage the bars of the frame, said sheet being rovided with u )stsndio ribs on its opposite faces formed by foldn r the metal in opposite directions and closii the Witnesses:

l). S. Sarina, ll. l'l. flu-1Y folds, and a series of account-slip-claniping u 

